Have you had a psychic reading and did it come true?

[PoetPhilosopher]

I guess it's okay to tell about my 'real' experience. I have admittedly tried in the past to tap into my ESP and I was talking to someone on a social site who did the same. We asked each other to visualize the room we were in and tell each other. I did first and I got 30 percent right. She did for me and she got a very eery amount right and very descriptive, saying "Oh? I didn't know I was that good. Well I still think you may have a touch of something too."

 

[SalixIncendium]

Indeed, but Quintessence said what he gets from divination and it seems awfully similar to meditation; he succeeds in it by, " deep thinking and reflection."

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[charlie sc]

I guess it's okay to tell about my 'real' experience. I have admittedly tried in the past to tap into my ESP and I was talking to someone on a social site who did the same. We asked each other to visualize the room we were in and tell each other. I did first and I got 30 percent right. She did for me and she got a very eery amount right and very descriptive, saying "Oh? I didn't know I was that good. Well I still think you may have a touch of something too."

That's interesting. What particular things did she get correct?

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

That's interesting. What particular things did she get correct?

Things like that I was lieing in bed and the angle in which I was lieing, and the sound my fridge makes.

 

[Quintessence]

If that's the case, is divination the same as meditation?

Not at all. Meditation, broadly, is the practice of willfully directing one's state of consciousness - typically to one of focused mental concentration. Most practitioners of divination will utilize meditation to get themselves in a good frame of mind to do divination well, but they aren't the same practice. Divination requires external media that prompt insights.

There are four basic types that I've categorized: (1) oracular, or set of predefined symbols that are drawn or cast then interpreted (e.g., tarot), (2) scrying, which involves reading abstract patterns in a medium (e.g., reading tea leaves), (3) omens, which are natural events or attributes that are then interpreted (e.g., astrology), and (4) otherworldly, which involves aspects of reality mundanes often dismiss (e.g., aura readings). Based on experience, I'd say meditation is all but required for scrying, but is not as much needed for oracular divination or interpreting omens. For otherworldly it depends on the exact type, with some implicitly requiring it and others not.

Another thread I did a while back that might clarify some of my thoughts on divination - Divination - Not What You Think - and in this sense it might serve some similar functions to meditation from your perspective. You wouldn't be wrong, I don't think, though I tend to think of meditation as the pure "directing one's consciousness" and less of the "contemplation" aspect.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

My wife and I once had tarot 'readings' done by a 'professional,' that is, a person who performed the divination for money.

She did an excellent job of describing situations that had occurred with us in the prior six or so months, including the separation of our son and daughter in law, and one parent thinking of taking their child and fleeing the state (that was months before, and the situation had stabilized by the time of the reading), and the warning that there was a woman at work who considered me 'a rock star,' and that I should not have an affair with her (I knew of the young lady's interest, and while I found her attractive, I don't do affairs; she had since moved on from my university). There were a number of details the reader hit on that were surprising, things that even a talented cold reader should not have been able to determine. We were both very careful not respond too much as she went through her routine.

NONE of what she said applied to the then near-future, and ALL of it applied to the then-recent past...and she was a total stranger, amongst a throng of total strangers...

 

[charlie sc]

Not at all. Meditation, broadly, is the practice of willfully directing one's state of consciousness - typically to one of focused mental concentration. Most practitioners of divination will utilize meditation to get themselves in a good frame of mind to do divination well, but they aren't the same practice. Divination requires external media that prompt insights.

There are four basic types that I've categorized: (1) oracular, or set of predefined symbols that are drawn or cast then interpreted (e.g., tarot), (2) scrying, which involves reading abstract patterns in a medium (e.g., reading tea leaves), (3) omens, which are natural events or attributes that are then interpreted (e.g., astrology), and (4) otherworldly, which involves aspects of reality mundanes often dismiss (e.g., aura readings). Based on experience, I'd say meditation is all but required for scrying, but is not as much needed for oracular divination or interpreting omens. For otherworldly it depends on the exact type, with some implicitly requiring it and others not.

Another thread I did a while back that might clarify some of my thoughts on divination - Divination - Not What You Think - and in this sense it might serve some similar functions to meditation from your perspective. You wouldn't be wrong, I don't think, though I tend to think of meditation as the pure "directing one's consciousness" and less of the "contemplation" aspect.

I see, but most of those, or all, have a predictive quality. You seem to be ignoring that part of them.

 

[David T]

From a few threads, I've noticed some people believe in psi. So, I was curious if anyone has ever been to a professional psychic and been read? If so, what was the prediction/knowledge claim the psychic gave you and did it come true?

I've been once to some spiritual centre, or whatnot, with my ex. My ex was a Wiccan, so she liked that sort of thing. The psychic we saw told a whole lot of hogwash that never came true, of course. Like, we'd have children, lol. I went along just for the entertainment value. We also saw one of those cold-readers with a bunch of people in a room. You know, continuously trying to find names. Anyway, perhaps other people have had success, believe in it, and received a prediction that was specific and undisclosed enough to merit belief?

Yes i have been examined by a psychologist. I told them What i wanted to hear they said what i wanted to hear. It was awsome since thats the behavior of a sociopath.

 

[charlie sc]

Yes i have been examined by a psychologist. I told them What i wanted to hear they said what i wanted to hear. It was awsome since thats the behavior of a sociopath.

Who's the sociopath?

 

[David T]

Who's the sociopath?

Sociopath is a part of a broader spectrum than simply defined in psychology. Everything is spectral not discrete literal separates.

 

[charlie sc]

Sociopath is a part of a broader spectrum than simply defined in psychology. Everything is spectral not discrete literal separates.

So, errr, in the example you gave. Are you the sociopath or was it the psychologist?

 

[David T]

So, errr, in the example you gave. Are you the sociopath or was it the psychologist?

I am the patient to a crappy psychologist. Now a good psychologist forget it they themselves are on the spectrum. Good psyhics at being psychics are at times extremely good at reading people as well. Some are charlatans some are good people. A bit like star wars jedi vs the sith!

 

[syo]

So, I was curious if anyone has ever been to a professional psychic and been read? If so, what was the prediction/knowledge claim the psychic gave you and did it come true?

Once and it came true.

 

[Vinayaka]

Not a psychic reading but Palm reading, and the reader told my father that my character is already bad. I was 11 year old at that time. So sure, children know what they know about sex at that age.

I wrote a serious (news) story about palmistry once upon a time, and got a free reading out of it. He asked a couple of questions first, and was surprised I didn't ask about money, as that's what most people asked him.

 

[Quintessence]

I see, but most of those, or all, have a predictive quality.

Could you elaborate? None of those methods have inherently predictive qualities that I can see. One can use it for that, but the practices are hardly limited to it. I very rarely use divination for that purpose unless one considers questions like "what should I bear in mind about this situation" or "what wisdom should I keep in mind for today" as predictive.

 

[Twilight Hue]

From a few threads, I've noticed some people believe in psi. So, I was curious if anyone has ever been to a professional psychic and been read? If so, what was the prediction/knowledge claim the psychic gave you and did it come true?

I've been once to some spiritual centre, or whatnot, with my ex. My ex was a Wiccan, so she liked that sort of thing. The psychic we saw told a whole lot of hogwash that never came true, of course. Like, we'd have children, lol. I went along just for the entertainment value. We also saw one of those cold-readers with a bunch of people in a room. You know, continuously trying to find names. Anyway, perhaps other people have had success, believe in it, and received a prediction that was specific and undisclosed enough to merit belief?

I saw an investigation into a psychic once and they filmed her running down the street once she saw the cameras.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I wrote a serious (news) story about palmistry once upon a time, and got a free reading out of it. He asked a couple of questions first, and was surprised I didn't ask about money, as that's what most people asked him.

Vinayaka, it was a good ruse in India in my time to hold the hands of the girl one was interested in, a beginning of many love stories.
Of course, the world has changed since that time.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

I saw an investigation into a psychic once and they filmed her running down the street once she saw the cameras.

clearly, she didn't see that one coming...

 

[Twilight Hue]

clearly, she didn't see that one coming...

It was really funny. *Grin*

 

[RedhorseWoman]

I never felt 'pressured' to believe.

But I digress. I went to a tarot reader at a once, but got nothing out of it.

However, as one that has a couple of decks and reads tarot, it has been my experience that readings (for oneself) can bring forth items that, for whatever reason, have become repressed in one's mind and help one to gain insights into situations or circumstances.

I don't really see anything 'psychic' about divination. For me, it's more psychological than anything.

I had a similar experience. I had a tarot reading once because I was curious, and it turned out to be a big nothing. I have, however, used runes and occasionally tarot for myself, and, as you said weren't so much "psychic" or "predictions" as they were a means gain insight on issues and bring to light things that I already knew but that I wasn't acknowledging.